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	Mardan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The area constituting Mardan district is a part of the Peshawar valley, which first appears in the history as part of the Gandhara kingdom.
		The district lies from 34° 05’ to 34° 32’ north latitudes and 71" 48’ to 72° 25’ east longitudes.
		It is bounded on the north by Buner district and Malakand protected area, on the east by Swabi and Buner districts, on the south by Nowshera district and on the west by Charsadda district and Malakand protected area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mardan (2297 words)

	Mardan :: Khyber.ORG
		The district lies from 34 degrees 05 to 34 degrees 32 north latitudes and 71 degree 48 to 72 degree 25 east longitudes.
		It is bounded on the north by Burner district and Malakand protected area, on the east by Swabi and Burner districts, on the South by Nowshera district and on the west by Charsadda district and Malakand protected area.
		The urban proportion of the district is 20.2 percent of the total population where as rural proportion is 79.8 percent.
	www.khyber.org /places/2005/Mardan.shtml (2948 words)

	Give Mardan its due by Shams Yousafzai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Similarly, the total irrigated area of the district is 204,005 acres and the canal irrigated areas is 183,695 acres while the non-irrigated area as per the report of the agriculture department is 75,573 acres and the area not available for cultivation is 92,859 acres.
		As Mardan has the most fertile land and a vast majority of the division is engaged in the agriculture sector, the establishment of a full-fledged agricultural university in Mardan or Swabi is a genuine demand of the people of the area.
		As Mardan is providing billions of rupees to the provincial as well as federal governments, it is imperative upon the government to give due share to Mardan so as to bring this historic and important district on a par with the developed districts of the country.
	www.khyberwatch.com /mardan.htm (1258 words)

	Special report on maternal mortality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		MARDAN, 30 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - At the age of 27, Bak Sitara, a resident of Paluderi village in the district of Mardan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is already a mother of three, and has endured the tragedy of two stillbirths.
		The NCHD is tackling this serious problem in the district and throughout the NWFP by way of a pilot project launched in November 2002 with the aim of reducing maternal mortality.
		One of the problems faced by pregnant women in Mardan is resistance from the mother-in-law to allow the expectant woman to be seen by the health workers as they are used to attending to the mother-to-be's health needs themselves within the community.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=35702 (1137 words)

	Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP ) - District Websites
		Badin district is situated between 24º-5` to 25º-25` north latitude and 68 21’ to 69 20’ east longitude.
		The district is bounded on the north by Hyderabad district on the east by Mirpurkhas and Tharparker districts, on the south the Arabian Sea and Rann of Kutch, which also forms the international boundary with India, and on the west it is bounded by Thatta and Hyderabad districts.
		The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers and the district consists of five talukas, they are Badin, Matli, Tando Bago, Golarchi and Talhar and with the introduction of the Devolution System the talukas have been sub-divided into the Union Councils numbering 49, Tapas 109 and Dehs 511.
	www.sdnpk.org /District.htm (1232 words)

	Historical Perspective
		Mardan's reign was however short-lived and he was killed in 1213 AD by the Khalji nobles who elected Husam-ud-din Iwaz as ruler.
		Ali Mardan had thrown of the allegiance to Delhi, and Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Iwaz Khalji ruled as an independent king till 1227 A.D. when he was defeated at the hands of Nasir-ud-din, the eldest son of Sultan Iltutmish.
		The reaction in the district to this proclamation was sharp and Maharaja Girija Nath Roy took leading part in the agitation against the partition.
	ddinajpur.nic.in /Historical_Perspective/historical_perspective.html (1605 words)

	MARDAN: Dist Nazim calls for cooperation of officials -DAWN - Local; April 11, 2003
		MARDAN, April 10: District Nazim Mardan, Haji Raza Khan, has asked the officials of various departments to follow district government’s directives until the dispute regarding the distribution of powers between the provincial government and Local Government (LG) was not resolved.
		It may be added that the Mardan district government has developed a serious dispute over the formation of private committees by the provincial government, which interfere in the activities of the official committees of the Mardan District Council (MDC).
		Addressing a meeting of the district council on Tuesday, Raza Khan claimed that the elected Nazims were doing well and they had kept a vigilant eye on the ongoing developmental projects.
	www.dawn.com /2003/04/11/local44.htm (219 words)

	Mardan \| Mardan.com \| Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		District Mardan has a very strategic position in the province.
		Mardan district is hilly in the northeast, while the southwestern half is a fertile plain.
		The second map is of the North–West Frontier area of Pakistan and highlights the Mardan area.
	www.mardan.com /maps.html (144 words)

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		Although she is being taught in a crumbling government school in Jhandarpur village in Mardan district, she is attending a new non-formal education centre, that authorities hope will meet the huge educational needs in rural Pakistan.
		With a population of 1.7 million, Mardan is an important testing ground for the new campaign.
		Of the 96 districts in the country, Mardan is the first to benefit from such a programme - with 40,000 children and more than 12,000 adults, receiving education in the district - a model that could be replicated across the country.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=31744&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&... (1115 words)

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		MALAKAND DISTRICT, having an area of about 952 square kilometres and a population of over 4.5 lakhs as per population census of 1998 is situated in the lower reaches of the Swat region.
		In addition to the above clarification Malakand is bounded on the north by Lower Dir district, on the east by the district of Buner, on the south-east by Mardan district and south-west by Charsadda district and Mohmand Agency.
		It is also bounded by a range of mountains on the north-east separating it from district Swat and another range of mountains to the west separating it from Bajaur and Mohmand agencies.
	www.malakand.8m.com (602 words)

	PAKISTAN: Special report on maternal mortality
		For this purpose, women living in high-risk districts were chosen across the country (except in Punjab Province due to financial restrictions).
		The study revealed that the most shocking statistics applied to the district of Khuzdar in Balochistan, where there were 690 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in a population of a million people.
		The NCHD plans to expand its programme to another 16 districts, including Narowaal and Attock in the Punjab, Pashin and Mastang in Balochistan, and Gotki and Thatta in Sindh by the end of June 2003 with a view to training 55,000 female health workers and posting them to rural areas.
	www.yespakistan.com /wellness/maternal.mortality.asp (2315 words)

	UNICEF - Evaluation database - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		One part of this project is devoted to building development management capacity in the districts of Mardan and Dera Ismail Khan.
		The aim of the Community Voice in Planning Initiative is to strengthen capacities for community-based assessment and analysis at the provincial, district and community levels, while producing actionable data on priority problems rapidly and at low cost.
		As for beating, all groups indicated that beating of women is commonplace in Mardan District.
	www.unicef.org /evaldatabase/index_14219.html (802 words)

	PPP, JUI-F team up in Mardan -DAWN - National; August 31, 2005
		MARDAN, Aug 30: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) have formed an alliance to jointly contest the district and tehsil nazims’ election in Mardan district.
		The two sides agreed to form an alliance at the Mardan district level, he said.
		Mr Rehman said the two groups had the required majority to form the district government and instal their administration also in the two tehsils.
	www.dawn.com /2005/08/31/nat9.htm (337 words)

	CHAPTER-3
		District Mardan is located at distance of 58 km from
		Jhandey (Kalpani, District Mardan), Swat, Totakan, Hazarnao, Anbar, Kohat, Bannu in NWFP, Bhakar, Saraie Alamgir, Qasoor, Gujrat, Kot Addu in Punjab, Loralie, Sharag, Abdul Khail etc in Baluchistan are famous for various decorated and fascinating commodities (Latif, A.L, 2003).
		Interviews of the concerned departments were also taken in consideration for having a thorough look at the situation.
	www.siu.edu /~ebl/leaflets/mazri.htm (1671 words)

	Mardan
		Mardan is the name of a big city in the North West of Pakistan.
		It is the headquarters of Mardan district and division.
		It will not only reflect the real life of the people of Mardan but will also work as a tool in the development of this beautiful and wonderful city of culture.
	www.mardan.com (233 words)

	News
		Twenty-nine people were killed and more than 150 went missing after a bridge collapsed due to flash floods in Mardan district on Saturday, officials said.
		Abdul Wali Yusufzai, who is in charge of the provincial flood relief cell, said the cell recorded 91,860 cusecs of floodwater passing through Mardan city.
		Yusufazai said that Nowshehra and Charsadda districts and Hazara Division would remain highly flooded in the next 48 hours due to high water levels in Swat and Kabul rivers.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Aug06/06/04.htm (534 words)

	General Description Of The District Mardan
		You are made of sterling material and are second to none.
		century, the Yusafzais and the Gigyanis moved to the plains of Peshawar and eventually ousted the Dalazaks and spread into Buner district.
		By the end of year 2001 the program has been expanded to 3 units (3,000 households) and has been able to serve a population of 30,000.
	www.yespakistan.com /HDF/mardan/Mardan.asp (3138 words)

	General Pervez Musharraf - News & Events: Latest News & Events
		The provincial government in the relief commissionerâs office, projected the number of casualties to 38,172 a few days back after the Mansehra district government reported that more than 24,000 people were reportedly missing â” believed to have been buried alive under the debris of the collapsed structures.
		Among the counted victims, some 8,171 have been reported dead in Mansehra district, 3,900 in Battagram district, 415 in Shangla district, 515 in Abbottabad district, 622 in Kohistan district, seven in Swat district, three in Peshawar district, nine in Buner district and one in Mardan district.
		While the funds provided by the federal government have not yet been utilized in terms of making compensation payments to the families of the victims, the provincial government has released Rs 370 million to the provincial relief commissioner for carrying out relief activities and paying compensation to families who have suffered casualties.
	www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk /NewsEventsDetail.aspx?NewsEventID=2394 (516 words)

	JI Media News:Qazi questions Gen. Musahraf's assuming presidential office
		The JI leader expressed these views while addressing a convention of newly elected nazims, naib nazims and councilors of District Mardan (NWFP) at Jamia Tafheemul Quran Mardan on Sunday.
		He said the rulers over the past 53 years had prone the country to lawlessness, waywardness, bloodshed and obscenity and the same selfish and opportunist clique is out once again to grab power.
		He warned the people against electing such people to the posts of tehsil and district nazims in the upcoming elections.
	www.jamaat.org /news/news01/pr062401.html (438 words)

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		Bicycle PML-QA 7 Syed Johar Shah Khan Mian Killi, Hoti, Mardan.
		Chiragh(Lamp) PPP-S PF-25 Mardan-III 1 Aamir Fida Khan Fida Abad Narshak, Mardan.
		Bat PTI 5 Nadeem Mohammad Khan Lound Khwar,Takhbhai, Mardan.
	www.hrcpelectoralwatch.org /NWFP.txt (4333 words)

	SDNP News
		He lauded the role of IUCN-SDNP for developing the first-ever website (www.mardan.sdnpk.org) for Mardan District.
		He appreciated SDNP for taking the initiative to bring Mardan District, the hub of one-time Ghandhara civilization, on the information super-highway.
		The District web site for Mardan (www.mardan.sdnpk.org) which was launched today, carries valuable information on the culture, geography, administrative setup, health, agriculture, industries, education and time-old Ghandara civilization including the world-renowned ruins of Takht Bhai, Shahbaz Ghari, Sawal Dher and Jamal Ghari.
	www.sdnpk.org /item23.htm (325 words)

	Welcome to Ghourghushti Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Ghourghushti named villages also exist in district Swat and district Mardan of NWF Province.
		The inhabitants of Ghourghushti of district Mardan belong to Yousufzai tribe.
		His descendants are called Baja Khel, probably of the connection with Baja Khel village of district Swabi, NWF Province.
	www.ghourghushti.netfirms.com /English_Translate.htm (856 words)

	The News - International
		He said before the incident of Mardan, Charsadda district was the most-effected area of the province, where hundreds of villages were inundated and some 3,966 houses were damaged.
		About Mardan, he said officials of the NWFP Revenue Department are busy collecting data of the losses.
		A detailed survey of the damage caused to crops and houses has been made by district authorities and a report would be submitted soon.
	www.thenews.com.pk /top_story_detail.asp?Id=2405 (1249 words)

	The News - International
		They said that out of thousands of telephones rendered out of order in the Mardan district alone around 800 phones had been restored in the district.
		Efforts to restore normal functioning of the system are under way in the affected northern districts, including Mardan, Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi, Buner, Dir Lower and Upper Swat.
		Separately, Swabi district Nazim Shahram Khan expressed grief over the devastation caused by floodwater in neighbouring Mardan and assured the affected people of his all-out support.
	www.thenews.com.pk /daily_detail.asp?id=18991 (447 words)

	Lundkhwar.com (All about Lundkhwar ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The central location of Ilaqa Baizai touches the border of Bunir on the east Malakand Agency in the northeast Charssaddah District in the west Kamal Zai of Mardan District in the south.
		The ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery are situated on the top of a 152-meter (500 feet) high hill.
		It is located about 80 kms from Peshawar and 16 kms northwest of the city of Mardan.
	www.lundkhwar.com (294 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Himachal PLUS
		Under the World Bank-aided Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), South Asia, these rural sanitation NGOs are breaking the man-made barriers of caste, class, religion, region and party in the subcontinent from Kiling village in Mandi to Mardan district in Pakistan for the past four years.
		Himachal has a bounteous monsoon this time and the rivers and streams are full up with water but the of Ambari village (Nagrota Bagwan) in Kangra district is facing acute shortage of drinking water.
		They are the resource persons, who participated to share their experiences at the six days long workshop, organised by the WSP, South Asia in Mandi, which was just concluded.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060809/himplus.htm (4737 words)

	Ethnobotanical Leaflets
		Buner is located in the north of NWFP, bordering upper Swat on the north, Malakand Agency on the west, Mardan District on the south and Hazara Division on the east.
		People migrate from upper parts due to severe cold and remain in the lower part of the district till the melting of snow.
		For example the seeds of Aesculus indica are locally used as vermifuge and anthelmintic, its shoots provide fodder, branches are used as fences, psycho spiritual remedies are written on its delicate bark, wood is used or making agricultural tools and house hold utensils.
	www.siu.edu /~ebl/leaflets/recipe.htm (2566 words)

	Briefings :: Mardan and Charsadda: Women barred from voting
		Briefings :: Mardan and Charsadda: Women barred from voting
		Mardan and Charsadda: Women barred from voting [PAK POLITICAL SCENE] -
		PESHAWAR: Candidates vying for nazim and naib nazim seats in various union councils of Mardan and Charsadda districts have reached an agreement on stopping women from voting.
	www.punjabilok.com /punb2/full.php?p=597&more=1 (47 words)

	Pakistan Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		14kM from Mardan lies the ancient ruins of Gandhara Civilization at the hills of Takht Bhai.The hills are 152-meter (500 feet) high.The monastry of Takht-i-Bahi was first mentioned by General Court, the French officer of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1836.Takht-i-Bahi is the most impressive and complete Buddhist monastery in Pakistan.
		From the top of the hill behind monastery one can look down across the plains as far as Peshawar on one side and up to the Malakand Pass and the hills of Swat on the other.This site has produced fragmentary sculptures in stone and stucco that indicate the highly developed sculptural sense of their creators.
		Neolithic Mehrgarh is a 9000 years old site of settlement in Katchi district at the foot of Bolan Pass near Sibi - Baluchistan.Mehr Garh's site is not only the oldest in Balochistan but in the entire South Asia as it belongs to the period of the new stone age.
	virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Pakistan/Things_To_Do-Pakistan-R-9.html (1156 words)

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